The Audacity of Grace Pt.2

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encourages you just like it encourages

me today I just want to talk to you

about living in the outrageous audacious

bodacious grace of God like it's all

that and then some i can't even properly

explain it to you but I want to give you

some pieces as to what it looks like has

anybody ever flown uh flown somewhere

and you had a connecting flight and in

that connecting flight they dropped you

off you landed at terminal A but your

plane in terminal X takes off in 2

minutes and 12

seconds and so you find yourself running

like are you trying to get to the other

terminal before they close the door on

you y'all know what I'm talking about

years ago uh Cindy and I were taking a

family vacation we had Caleb with us and

he was a little guy so it was my job to

carry him and we had we had one of those

connected we were going I think it was

Costa Rica we were going to go down and

and we had a connecting flight and it

was it was bad timing our flight was

delayed getting in we had to get there

in a hurry like it's one of those to

where they announce on the airplane we

have some people making connecting

flights please stay seated until these

people get off it was that kind of thing

and man we get off the plane and we are

running down this down this hallway uh

headed trying to get to the other

terminal and I'm running with Caleb in

my hand and I'm pulling a

a rollerboard with me i got a suitcase

behind me cindy she's dressed for the

islands because she's an island girl

that's what she is and so she's got her

sandals on and her her sundress she's

looking fabulous and ready to go and

while we're running I hear clap clap

clap clap clap clap clap coming down the

the the like the the whole the whole

terminal behind me but while we're

running you know this like like

sometimes it can be so bad that it don't

matter how fast you run you can still

miss that flight because I just couldn't

get there right and when they close the

doors they ain't going to open them for

nobody when they're late we don't walk

away from them but when we're late never

mind anyway but I'm just saying and so

so they got that and then they got this

amazing things in the airport those

those those little they they they uh

those those those automatic walkways

where you get on those things and you

start walking twice as fast as you were

when you did it by yourself i want one

of those in my house i want one of those

between my bedroom and the kitchen i

just want to get on it and just just

ride it all the way there right it it's

it's so cool you're still walking but

now you're moving twice as fast like hey

you you kind of feel like you're almost

like Michael Jackson moonwalk kind of

thing you know and and have you ever

been that person that thought I can walk

faster than that and so I'm not going to

do it and by the time you get to the end

your calves are burning the 90-year-old

lady with her cat has already beat you

to the end like right because like man I

should have just got on the walkway i

should have just done it that way there

there there is that there is that and I

thought that was the stuff until I did

the walkway one day and I'm thinking hey

and I'm just passing all those guys you

know that thought they could outmuscle

us it was a long walkway only to hear

beep beep beep beep beep beep excuse us

and here comes a golf cart driving down

the middle of the place and carrying

people and they're passing us while

we're trying to do the moving walkway

they were living their best life on

their phone not even looking and one

person just driving get out of the way

get out of the way coming through and

they and they really got them there this

is a picture of grace in our lives

like like if if I mean if you don't know

Jesus I'm I'm not being mean if you're

if you're not really if you're not yet a

believer uh if you're just walking you

you're going to miss your flight i'm

just telling you right now like you you

could be walking it ain't going to work

i you're arrive late no no no all my

efforts all my work all my talent all my

skills it's always going to come up

short i'm not going to get there but but

but then there's the second level you

can be a believer and you can be on that

moving walkway and going

"Hey Jesus has made life a whole lot

easier i'm moving faster than I could

have by myself." It's nice to be on that

walkway it's it's really good to be

there because you feel like something's

moving under your feet that's a that's a

great place to be but if you want to

experience the grace of God in your walk

with Christ you get to jump on that golf

cart of grace

while Holy Spirit is driving beep beep

beep beep get out of the way get out of

the way and you just living your best

life while he's doing all the driving

the goal in our Christ life is to keep

leveraging our trust and putting the

weight of our life on God

the challenge we run into is as

believers we give our lives to God and

after we say yes to Jesus then we try to

take the steering wheel back and then do

things on our own and try to be try to

be good enough to be a Christian

oh we pull out our scorecard and we say

"Oh I did that good this week i did I

just skip that one skip that one skip

that one skip that i did that all right

this week failed there that was bad."

like we we've got this card and we're

judging if we're actually doing it right

or not and I'm just going to tell you

right now everybody under the sound of

my voice y'all are screwed y'all can't

do this i can't do this we're always

going to come short and that's why we

need the outrageous audacious bodacious

grace of God working in our

life 2 Corinthians chapter

9:8 listen to what the Bible says

god is able to make all grace overflow

to you oh read that word again say all

grace overflow now everyone use your

outside voice 1 2 3 all grace overflow

to you so that because you have enough

of everything in every way at all times

you will overflow in every good work

you're so full of God's grace that it's

spilling out of your life living the

good life and now that good life that's

so much you're so full of spilling out

of you is pouring into other people

would you tell somebody you're so

blessed to be sitting beside me right

now you You must be God's favorite

watch watch do this do this just Just

splash some grace on and tell you'll

enjoy that later you you you can thank

me later for that just I'm just I'm just

I'm just dripping in finess dripping in

finesse and dripping in some grace thank

you Bruno like I'm just that that just

it's all going on

right i'm I'm discovering that most

believers most Christ followers I'm one

of like the mass mass mass majority

don't even fully understand what what

God's grace is all about and I want us

to talk about that today it's critical

that we know because if you don't

understand grace you are looking at

grace through your lenses instead of

through

God's and that's a sad dangerous place i

have found myself limiting my life

because I didn't understand how God saw

me and I was walking with such heaviness

and such guilt that I wasn't enjoying

the life that he died to give me and I

want you to see it grace is what what we

here's here's the base definition of

grace it is it is the undeserved favor

kindness and acceptance favor kindness

and the acceptance of God that qualifies

us for his presence and

blessings but it also mo a lot of

believers will tell you it's the

undeserved favor of God yeah absolutely

but it's also grace the grace of God is

an empowering agent that helps us to

move and live our life it ain't cute and

cuddly it ain't a bunny rabbit with

white fur everywhere god's grace has

teeth and it growls and it will move

your life forward and it will rip things

out of the way when we learn to leverage

his grace in our life how many you say I

I could use that kind of power working

in my life anybody besides me yeah well

me too let's talk about this because

grace let me just I'll put this out

there because it's just important to put

it out grace doesn't give us permission

to live any way that we want to well I'm

just everything is fine no no no no no

gra grace doesn't give us permission to

just do anything like it's okay but it

does empower us to live life as an

overcomer and I want you to know what

that means so let's look at what grace

is number one grace is scandalous

it's just it's just outright offensive

the word the word scandal if I'm going

to give you definition not my definition

if I'm going to give you the actual

definition it means

this outrage by a perceived offense

against morality or

law it's it's it's I'm outraged it's

wrong on every level that you are

forgiven to the extent that you are

it is for you to live that kind of life

don't I remember who you used to be

should we take a poll in here about how

nasty life was no don't even don't even

think about before Jesus the truth is

ladies and gentlemen if you knew the

person sitting beside you before they

met Jesus you would get your stuff get

up and move to the other side of the

church right now i ain't sitting beside

that cat mm- That was Freaky Freddy

right there i know who that was like I

ain't doing that

mess you know it's

true you know it's true

i hear

you but watch this

that's it's outrageous that you and I be

would be forgiven to the extent that we

are it's scandalous that God's grace

steps in and says "I'll do what people

won't do i'll do what humanity won't

understand i'm even going to do

something that you're not going to

understand you're going to have to

wrestle with this for the rest of your

life my grace is bigger than you can

wrap your head around and you're going

to have to deal with it because I'm not

going away my grace is reaching my grace

is loving and I'm not leaving." And this

is who he is but I got news for you

god's grace is even more scandalous than

what you understood because the Bible

says in Romans 5:20 this guy named Paul

Romans 5:20

the quarterback of Christianity here's

what he wrote but where sin

increased grace increases even more

y'all didn't read with your out outside

voice let me help you hear you grace

increases even more

you can't out sin his

grace man when sin looked bad God's

grace said "Yeah but watch this

man i screwed up." God goes "Yeah but

watch how I can save."

But they're too far gone yeah for

everyone else but watch me right how

many you think that you if you're going

to look back at your life you were

probably that one that was too far gone

and there's no way people thought you

would say yes to Jesus and look where

you are right now look look yeah yeah

yeah yeah

this is the scandalous nature of God's

grace and and and here's the deal he

didn't just forgive your sin from the

past he forgives the sins that you're

dealing with today and the ones that are

on the way tomorrow cuz he knows you're

good at sinning

now we straight up sin factories y'all

we are straight up sin factories like no

one had to teach you how to sin you were

just good at it all by yourself you

could unionize that thing you were

professional you were licensed you were

licensed to sin yes you were you had it

going on that's that's who we are it's

in this nature but the Bible says where

that nature is running my grace is

greater than your nature i know how to

restore and bring you back and I didn't

just forgive you for what you did in the

past i'm forgiving you today and for

everything that is on the way i've got

you covered boo that's what he's trying

to tell you i got you where you are

that's good news right there a couple

years ago I was going out west to go

hunting and I needed some binoculars

that were a little bit better than the

pair that I had so I'm I'm looking to

upgrade and get something a little

bougie and so when when I'm I'm in there

I mean y'all got to understand I just

enjoy going to Bass Pro walking around

just smelling the

air i get points on my man card for

standing there just looking around that

that that that's my opinion but anyway

Cindy won't go with me no no it's just

me it's just me it's a guy's trip but I

was there looking at some binoculars and

and they had this nice pair there and

the and the guy that the salesman said

"You need to understand something about

this pair right here." He said "With

that pair of binoculars comes a warranty

that covers everything like whatever

happens to those we'll the company will

replace those you get a brand new pair."

I said "Explain that." When you say

anything he said "No anything." I said

"Explain that." He said "If you run them

over your truck and you bust them we'll

give you a new pair." I'm liking that he

said "If you decide to get down and

shoot them with your gun and bust them

we will give you a new pair if you drop

them if you throw them if Malachi and

Tia get a hold of them if your grandkids

get a hold of

them we'll give you a new pair i'm like

I'm liking that guarantee right there

like no matter what I do I'm covered i'm

covered can I tell you that salvation

comes with a grace guarantee

this This is hyper good news here on

your good days and on your bad weeks

you're covered would you shout somebody

shout "I'm covered i'm covered i'm

covered." When When you're acting

responsible and when you're acting

ridiculous

yeah i'm I'm I'm covered that's a good

thing days that you're a saint days that

you're a saint the the hours that you

are a saint and the weeks that you ain't

you're covered i want you to understand

that no matter where you are in the

process you're covered why because you

have nothing to do with how God sees you

through the eyes of grace grace is all

based on what he did for you nothing you

do for him so you can't earn it and

since you can't earn it you can't throw

it away it's there he's reaching in fact

let me show you how needy you and I are

without his grace you would not have

even looked to him for help in your time

of need in fact let me show you how

scandalous it is the Bible says "While

you were still jacked up running Eore

City on Friday night going bedroom to

bedroom smoking it sniffing it snorting

it shooting it everything you had going

on i died for you i loved you i was

reaching for you i had a plan for your

life and I wasn't letting you go." Grace

has been reaching for you all your

life so don't act like you got where you

are because you figured something out no

no no baby you didn't find Jesus because

he wasn't lost he left the 99 to come

after your lost tail and he was after

you and reaching for you and picked you

up it's grace that you're in church

right now cuz a lot of us never thought

we would see you here

but we're here because of his grace it

it it it takes grace for all in order

for you to even confess him reach for

him he has to give us the grace to do it

we are utterly helpless i bring nothing

to the equation i am a product of grace

on every level of my walk with Christ

it's not based on how good I am on my

great days and on my bad days on my

great days I'm still a mess on my good

days I'm glad some things happen on my

bad days that's normal but I'm still

loved and I'm in process and I'm moving

forward and God doesn't drop me he

doesn't get frustrated with me he's for

me he loves me and he's with me through

the whole process

and let me just help you if this sounds

too good to be true like okay I don't I

don't know Scott like you you pushing

some edges there right there well if

we're going to talk about grace

properly it should always make you feel

uncomfortable

it should leave you pushing back on it

yeah i don't know because you're so used

to human grace that you've never

encountered your father's grace

and this is why you and I have got to

understand grace from our father's

perspective because we're leveraging

grace through the lenses of what people

say they will grace us for and people's

grace and God's grace are two different

things my grace will run out for you

yes it will and don't look at me with

that attitude your grace will run out

with me too yes yes yes but God's never

does and until we see how he's looking

at us we'll live this thing jacked up so

I need you to help me if you're going to

understand that God's grace is

scandalous that means you got to stop

trying to be good enough you got to

throw your scorecard away you You got to

stop determining if I had a good day or

a bad day and realize that every day is

a day of grace in your life and it's got

nothing to do with how perfect you are

and everything to do with how perfect he

is and the only thing you and I've got

to do is keep getting up after we hit

the deck and say "Yo it's me again i

love you forgive me i'm coming after you

i love you the best I can and I know I

got crazy thoughts and I know I do

things I shouldn't do but I'm coming

after you again i'm not letting up." I

want you to understand that the love and

the acceptance of Jesus is not based on

you living sinfree

that's not the goal defeat to the

Christian life isn't because we sin

defeat in the Christian life is because

you quit

if you don't quit you'll never lose

grace has always got you wrapped up yes

sir but what happens is when you and I

don't understand grace properly I keep

pulling my scorecard out trying to be

good enough trying to think I'm pleasing

God is he okay with this i gave charity

i served over here i read my Bible as if

we got things that we got to pluck off

i've got these bullet points I got to do

every day to make sure I'm in the good

standing with God and I'm here to tell

you right now on the days that you crush

it awesome good for you on the days that

you fail he still loves you with an

everlasting love like you can't get away

from his love his reach david said "If I

make my my my if I'm find myself in the

heavens you are there if I find myself

in the depths of the earth you are there

everywhere I go you've got your arms

wrapped around me and David said "It's

the bundle of life that you have me

wrapped

in." Ladies and gentlemen you're doing

better than you think you

are but you got yourself counted down

some of y'all score yourself i'm about

kind of a D+ this week in my faith with

God yeah you're

human deal with it get used to it

because that's where we are we got to

stop performing for Jesus because he's

not impressed your performance is not

doing anything for you except

frustrating you because you think you

should have done it

better i always want to please him with

my life but then I'm reminded he's

already pleased with my

life whether your kid has the training

wheels on the bike or they're

off I'm pleased with them if the kid

tries and falls down or if the kid rides

and succeeds I'm pleased with them i

love them you got to get the pressure

off your life and that reality only

gives us two responses gratitude and

obedience i'm grateful God i love you

all I can say is thank you i don't even

know how to properly express how

grateful I am that you love me like that

like I can't do anything to add to your

love and I can't do anything to take

away from your love you love me in spite

of me you love me when I don't love

me i'm grateful and so based on that I

just want to please you with my life

what does pleasing him look like fall

down get up fall down get up fall down

get up bring your crazyheaded self to

church

again talk to him while you're going

down the road especially on Florida

Avenue especially on Florida Avenue but

but talk to him while you're going down

the road god hates me again yo do

something here like like talk to him

call on

him live in obedience okay so number two

number one it's scandalous number two

grace is

transformative see I told you it's not

cuddly it's working grace is active it's

got some It's got some teeth the grace

of God refuses to leave you where he

found you he will not leave you in the

same place he's always moving us forward

1 Peter chapter 5:10 it starts off

saying "The God of all grace but here's

what the rest of the verse reads uh say

it with me will restore you establish

you strengthen you and support you."

Like like this is what grace is doing

this grace is involvement grace's

activity in your life when you and I

come into alignment and we begin to

allow God's grace to work in us this is

what happens he restores us that means

he puts back in what leaked out

something's missing in my life you're

not going to find it in a bed in a pill

in a party in a bottle it doesn't come

that way i need Jesus to fill the empty

spot in my life that's what he says

grace will restore you bring that hope

bring your laugh back again it will

establish you i love this gives you a

solid foundation takes the drama out of

your life i'm not running around trying

to please people anymore i hope they

like me but if they don't I'm good i'm

good i'm good in the neighborhood

because I'm loved by God already i'm I'm

going to be fine i'm moving the drama

has got to go god says "Get the drama

get it out of your life i'll establish

you and then I'll strengthen you i'm

going to break the weakness in your in

your life i want to build the fight back

up inside of you give the ability to

push back again give you the strength to

say no to some things in life i'll give

you that strength." And then the fourth

one is I'll support you in other words I

will hold you up so you're never alone

in other words your whole ability to

hyper exceed in life is solely dependent

on my grace you can't do jack without me

so why would you try trust me and put

the weight on me please get in the golf

cart and stop walking

this is what is his word is telling us

because Jesus doesn't just come to save

us forgive us grace comes to rebuild our

lives you see when you and I give our

lives to Jesus you don't just get right

he doesn't just grow you

spiritually he grows you emotionally

that means you and I should be better

emotionally than we used to be after we

said yes to Jesus because he's he deals

with all of our life that means our

relationship should be better after I

said yes to Jesus than before

he he he doesn't leave a part of our

life immature and just focus on

everything else no he wants all of your

life to grow up and that's what he's

after some of us in this room when you

found when Jesus found us we were

addicts we were cons we were liars we we

we had anger issues going crazy we were

skeptics we we we wanted revenge we had

people on a little card in our mind we

coming after them for some of you when

when Jesus found you you were wealthy

you had the money good for you some of

us we were po

so po we couldn't afford the last O or R

we were just

pole we some educated uneducated it

doesn't matter when Jesus finds you he

starts this whole new thing in our life

but here's what I've learned i live

different when I'm not consumed with

shame in my life when I'm not consumed

with guilt and that's the problem with

keeping a scorecard on you when you're

always trying to determine if God's mad

at you or he loves you how many you know

if God wanted to get you he'd have got

you we live in the lightning capital of

the world if God wanted to get you he'd

have got you if he wanted to get me he

would have one of them one of them one

of them airplanes land on my house and

take care of like if he wanted to get us

he would get us he's not out to get you

he's out to bless you and increase you

and elevate you that's the work of grace

but if you and I don't understand what

grace does we always live as if we're

trying to please an angry God and ladies

and gentlemen he's not angry he's here

to love the hell out of your life and to

give you everything you want to things

you can't get on your own that's the

work of grace in your life whenever

grace steps in now I'm no longer living

out of fear and hate my home gets better

i'm a better husband i'm a better parent

i'm a better friend i'm better in the

workplace i'm more joyful to be around

everything changes because day by day

I'm being transformed more into his

image less like Scott more like him paul

in the Bible wrote it this way less of

me and more of you that's the goal

behind his work in my life so God's

grace doesn't just change everyone god's

grace changes everything

you got to know this his grace is power

it's outrageous it's bodacious and it's

audacious and it here to transform you

the third and the final thing is

this grace is also victorious could

anybody use some victory in your life

about like some breakthrough in your

life let me give you some good news and

some frustrating news the good news is

victory has always been available the

frustrating thing is we've not seen

God's grace properly to allow it to give

us the victory and we've been stiff

arming victory for months and years

because we didn't let him bring it to

our life i want to show you how we get

this hebrews chapter 4:16 hebrews 4:16

Hebrews 4:16

says

this so let us keep on coming boldly ah

let me hit that again keep on coming

back keep on coming back keep on that

you came once but come back again keep

on let us keep on coming boldly to the

throne of grace that means throne is a

place of authority that place of power

and authority it's a throne room a

throne of grace so that we may obtain

mercy and find grace to help us in our

time of need keep on coming back turn to

someone tell them "Keep on coming back

keep on coming back just keep on coming

back." That's exactly right to the place

of grace there is help to win that is

waiting on you here's what I'm trying to

tell you folks how is it that we find

victory in grace i stopped trying to do

it on my own and realize I can't do it

without Jesus and so daily I turn to him

and say "God I need you again today god

I want to do life based on your word i

might not even understand why the Bible

says to do it this way but I'm going to

give it a shot i'm talking to you i'm

inviting you into my mind my life my

family my marriage my business help me

to live this in a way that honors you

that aligns with your word i visit his

throne room boldly that I can receive

that grace to help me win." Ladies and

gentlemen you got to talk to him you got

to open your mouth and tell him "I want

you i need you i'm giving you permission

i submit my life to you i'm tired of

trying it my way i'm losing everything

i'm frustrated i want to run i want to

quit i need you so I can find strength

get established find some joy find some

hope that's how I want to live my life."

And that's exactly what happened with a

guy named Zerubabel do not name your new

kid Zerubabel

zerubab was I can't even say Zerub was a

he was a

governor in the area of of of Jerusalem

with the Jewish people make a real long

story commentary really short israel as

a nation went into disobedience they

went into Babylonian captivity when they

were taken captive they were there for

many years when they came

out they went back to Jerusalem and they

were trying to rebuild the ruins of the

city jerusalem the temple in Jerusalem

Solomon's temple had been

destroyed and Zerubabel was the governor

there and he had actually gained permits

and permission in order to do the

rebuilding from the king that was there

not a Jewish king but was was a foreign

king that was overseeing the land but

they let the Jews come back and while

Zerub Zerubabel was there and he began

to do some work uh the work began to

fall off and then the kingship changed

and now he no longer had the favor that

he once had the permits were not weren't

good anymore he didn't know if he had

the favor the people began to wne and

the work on the temple had sat still for

16

years and Zerubbabel is looking at going

"Something's got to change something got

to change man that I can't have this."

It began to bother him we got to rebuild

God's house we need to get back to

worship again it was our lack of worship

it was our turning our back from God

that got us into the mess in Babylon we

got to build God's presence a place for

God to dwell with us all this is going

on and then God sends a man named

Zachchariah a prophet and he comes to

encourage Zerub Zerubabel and to tell

him how it is that he's supposed to do

this and

here's Zerubbabel is looking at the

situation and he's going "There's no

way." In fact you'll hear in this

language it was a mountain it was

impossible it was too big for one man

but look what Zachchariah said in

Zechariah

Zechariah 4:7

4:7 who are you great

mountain before Zerubbabel you are a

plain in in other words you're just a

flat ground you're no longer massive and

mighty you're flat and he will bring out

the capstone with shouts of grace grace

to it

here's what here's what Zachchariah told

Zerubabel the capstone is the final

piece that you put on the temple once

it's rebuilt i want you to go get it now

while it looks impossible while it while

you don't have the resources you don't

have the people you don't have the

permission you don't have the favor it's

out of your control and you feel

overwhelmed by it i'm telling you God's

word for you is go get the final piece

and I want you to shout grace grace over

it open your mouth and speak over this

situation and declare God's favor God's

work God's joy God's strength God's

resources God's support God's provision

God's miraculous power i want you to

speak grace grace over what you can't do

so that God will get involved oh ladies

and gentlemen I I'm challenging you

today you and I need to look at the

situations that we're in and understand

that God's grace is there to make a

difference in whatever you're struggling

over whatever's making you cry

whatever's got you frustrated you've got

to open your mouth and speak back to it

if it worked for Zerubable it'll work

for you and I and I dare you to maybe to

go home and get your checkbook and hold

it up in your h in your hands and shout

grace grace over the financial situation

in your life you might need to shout

grace grace over your marriage grace

grace over those kids somebody shout

"Grace grace grace grace over your

finances over your health." Grace grace

over the situation that you don't know

how to handle over the fear over the

anger over the things that happened in

your past shout grace over it in other

words open your mouth and say something

stop just thinking about it and get real

with it make it concrete bring grace

alive in your life and let it do what it

was meant to

do yeah he didn't say open your mouth

and shout mess

mess i quit i quit wrong words

grace

grace do what I can't do at a level I

could never do it in ways that I won't

be able to explain it and make the

impossible come down to where I can

stand on top of it and I will watch the

impossible happen

raising those kids grace grace running

that business grace grace situations

you've been through in your past grace

grace god has graced you to face to live

in and do some things that you could not

do without his grace on your life that's

why you are where you are today can I

tell you something there's some folks

that could never live in or do what

you're doing because they're not graced

for it like you

are i'm pastoring this church but I

promise you this there ain't no degree

this Virginia boy could get that would

ever qualify me to be in this place if I

ever get in my head and begin to think

about everything running here I'd be in

the fetal position in that corner over

there crying a puddle on the floor i

can't take all this but I decided to get

my mind off of my ability and get my

mind back on his ability and just say

"Grace grace over this situ and walk in

that grace." It doesn't mean it's not

tough it doesn't mean I don't hit

difficult times but I'm graced for it

and I can get through it and you can too

but we got to open our mouth and declare

over the situations we're looking at

somebody one more time shout grace grace

grace would you stand to your feet in

this room

god's grace is a

weapon we need to pull it out and begin

to use it and stop trying to figure it

out stop trying to network it

out and shout grace grace and begin to

seek God and let him get

involved again ladies and gentlemen if

we describe God's grace as anything less

than outrageous audacious and

bodacious then you have not properly

described the grace of God

he's greater than you can

imagine i read a

story make this very quick i read a

story about a

family who was looking to adopt a girl

they had several kids they said "Look we

can we can add one more to it let's

adopt a little

girl." Contacted the agency the agency

said "We got a girl that's seven years

old." And

uh she was a she was adopted into

another family and after a couple of

years I think it was about 18 months the

family had run into several challenges

with the little girl and then they they

just turned her back they said "We we

just can't handle this." And they gave

her back to the agency she was back in

the

system and this family although they had

red flags because if she caused problems

with that family but they really felt in

their hearts we need this girl so they

adopted her she's with this whole

family and she was fitting into the

family and the dad announced to the

whole family their annual trip they they

go to Disney every year it was their

family

vacation and as soon as they announced

the trip the little girl that they had

adopted began to act out in the family

causing problems with the other kids

stealing stuff getting in trouble at

school just all kinds of

uncharacteristic things that they had

not seen from her and now it's like it's

coming out like what in the world's

going on

and the dad met with her and and are you

know what what's going on listen we've

got this trip coming up to Disney and

and the girl said "Am I going?" He said

"Yeah our our whole family is

going." But she just kept she just kept

acting out

the father was talking to the agency

about the

scenario and the lady who helped them

she said "This is very interesting

because the family that had first

adopted this little

girl they you they had a trip they were

going to go on to Disney." And we found

out later on that when they would take a

Disney trip the mom the dad and the kids

of origin all went on the trip but they

left the adopted daughter with extended

family members while they all went on

vacation

together she's always wanted to go to

Disney never had a chance to go right

so now the dad begins to think maybe

there's connection time for the trip

came the little girl had been acting up

they stayed at Lake Buav Vista exit

doing some shopping i'm

sure Lake Buenav Vista dad said they

were she was still acting a wreck in the

hotel room just a mess they get to

Disney they drive under the big arches

it's like the little girl began to melt

when they walked in Disney she came

unglued and a brand new little girl came

out of this girl she's hugging all the

characters she's laughing out loud the

screams the jumping up and down the joy

like they said this like she is she just

transformed never seen this and we had a

he said we had a full day at Disney it

was wonderful it it was it was

everything you would want it to be when

we got back to the hotel room that night

she's all tucked in bed she's worn out

and I got down beside her and he said "I

put my arms around her i pulled her

tight she's holding a stuffed animal

that she got from Disney." And and he

said "How did you like your first day at

Disney?" And the little girl said this i

I kept I wrote it down so I would get it

word for word here's what she said

"daddy I finally got to go to Disney

World but it wasn't because I was good

it's because I'm yours

you see the little girl had learned I

don't get to go to Disney when everyone

else does so I'm just going to go ahead

and act a fool and I'll give them a

reason to leave me

i don't act good enough i'm not sweet

enough i'm not really a part of this

family i'm not going to get the blessing

anyway so I'll just be me can I tell you

something ladies and gentlemen there's

some of us that still have a hard time

believing that you're really in the

family and that God is going to take you

on the trips that he has planned he's

not leaving you behind as messed up as

your decisions might be and as twisted

as relationships might be and you're

making things right I I know I shouldn't

do this and I shouldn't be in this and

he loves you with an everlasting love

he's never backed up on you he's never

bailed on you you can't stop his love

you can't advance his love it just is

and you're in his family you belong and

he's going to take you all the way with

him every day of your life would you bow

your heads in this

room if you're here today and you say

"Scott I don't know Jesus that

way i I' I've not asked him into my

heart my life and maybe it's been a

while and you didn't understand this

grace but you're you're moved to say I

want to get this right with him today i

I need I want to accept Jesus into my

life that way." I here's what I'm going

to want you to know when you say yes to

Jesus you're not saying you're going to

live perfect you're not saying you're

going to have it all together you're

you're all you're saying is I'm going to

keep getting up every time I fall down

and keep moving towards you you're going

to mess up you're going to blow it

you're going to have bad days you're

going to have some good days but it's

always going to come with the grace of

God loving you and drawing you if you're

saying "Scott I need that relationship

with Jesus today i want that scandalous

grace i want that transforming grace i

want that victorious grace in my life."

On the count of three I want you to

throw your hand in the air and hold it

right there one two three right now

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94 You can put your hands down

now i want you to pray this prayer with

me say "Jesus I'm giving you all of me

the good the bad the ugly the good the

bad and I take all of you i take all of

you your grace your joy and forgiveness

i'm yours and you're mine forgive me

change me change me give me your victory

i receive your love i receive your love

thank you thank you for dying for me in

Jesus name amen amen can you put those

hands together right there and celebrate

that come on come on come on come on

never get tired of that that's why we're

here that's why we're here

and father I pray for my friends in this

room and those watching online right now

that are struggling with your grace that

Lord we get so hard on oursel that we

won't we won't receive the benefit

package of your grace god we're tired of

trying to run down the terminal to get

to the next place in life we're ready to

get in your cart of grace and let you

carry us you do the work in us we focus

on you and we let you do the driving

today we need that grace guarantee that

comes with salvation thank you that

you're not leaving us at home but you're

taking us all the way with you you're

good you're faithful the scandalous

grace of God the transformative grace of

God the victorious grace of God is ours

so God today we shout grace grace to

every situation we don't understand and

grace grace to every wall and problem we

run into we declare your goodness your

favor your mercy and we will live up to

the joy and the smile the love and the

acceptance that we have in you thank you

that you love us beyond oursel thank you

that the pressure is off thank you that

we see oursel today through your eyes

that we can enjoy this that we have the

joy of our salvation fully restored

again bless my friends today God and let

this reality settle into the bones of

their spirit i pray we thank you today

for all of this in Jesus name amen amen

amen one more time put those hands

together give him praise i hope today's

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